January 2009
19 posts
tobinharris.com →
Tobin Harris introduces an interesting technique for handling try-retry scenarios with external services (e.g. web services, databases)
Jan 28th
Code Capers: Tips for Writing Better SQL →
If it’s not enough for your SQL to work, here are some tips on how to write more performant queries. The advice about execution plans is especially useful.
Jan 25th
Giz Explains: Why the Windows 7 Taskbar Beats Mac... →
According to Gizmodo, the Windows 7 Taskbar beats the Mac OS X Dock. Except, if you read the article, the Taskbar’s advantages are marginal and its failings are worse than the Dock’s. I guess the…
Jan 22nd
Brilliant water-based eyeglasses for the masses:... →
Shared by Bruce Boughton This is absolute genius: adjustable water-lense glasses. No optician required. This seems like the kind of smart problem-solving the developing world needs. Industrial…
Jan 20th
Largest Data Breach Disclosed During Inauguration →
Shared by Bruce Boughton I just knew *someone* would take up Jo Moore’s advice today rmogull writes “Brian Krebs over at the Washington Post just published a story that Heartland Payment Systems…
Jan 20th
Facebook’s “Lying” Ad Platform Mystery Revealed. →
Shared by Bruce Boughton The dark side of crowdsourced translation Yesterday we reported on a Facebook screenshot that replaced the Advertising tab to read as the “Lying” tab. We initially…
Jan 18th
Did I miss something? Since when can you do it? →
Surprising. Wonder what the use is.
Jan 17th
SANS Institute - CWE/SANS TOP 25 Most Dangerous... →
Shared by Bruce Boughton The first step in dealing with any problem is identifying you have a problem. The SANS institute has published a list of the top 25 dangerous programming errors. The SANS…
Jan 13th
BBC - Britain From Above - Themes - Visualisations →
Shared by Bruce Boughton Interesting data visualisations from the Beeb summary
Jan 11th
An argument for moving ASP.NET MVC controllers to... →
Shared by Bruce Boughton I’ve been thinking for a while that physical separation of code is the only way to avoid dependency creep. Billy McCafferty says it better than I could. I’d like to buy…
Jan 9th
Keynote →
Shared by Bruce Boughton xkcd’s take on why this year’s MacWorld was so disappointing
Jan 7th
Developer Note: Facebook Changing ID Formats →
Shared by Bruce Boughton Not content with enough user IDs for every person the planet, Facebook are switching to 64-bit identifiers. Facebook’s Platform team tonight posted a note…
Jan 6th
A Different Model For Web Services Authorization |... →
Shared by Bruce Boughton Ian McKellar details an interesting alternative to OAuth. The UX would be similar to that of Facebook’s iPhoto plugin, but, as he notes, it wouldn’t work for interactive…
Jan 6th
DRM = Doesn't Really Matter →
Shared by Bruce Boughton Louis Gray makes some interesting points about DRM *in the context of iTunes*. Apple’s DRM hasn’t really caused much trouble, but that’s not true for DRM in general. How…
Jan 6th
Don't Share Your Secret Info! (Twitter Status) →
Shared by Bruce Boughton Twitter are really suffering from their use of basic auth for their API. They need to switch to something more secure, such as OAuth (which they co-authored). The trouble…
Jan 4th
rolando →
I’m not a gamer, but I’m addicted to iPod app that makes the most of the iPod hardware
Jan 3rd
Amazon Web Services Blog: Bits For Sale - The New... →
Shared by Bruce Boughton Amazon now support charging requesters for data access. Could this herald content micropayments? Consumers are getting more and more used to small payments for things……
Jan 3rd
BBC iPlayer →
Classic I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue
Jan 2nd
OSM 2008: A Year of Edits on Vimeo →
Shared by Bruce Boughton Beautiful animation of OpenStreetMap edits over the last year (via @simonw) An animation showing edits to the www.OpenStreetMap.org project during 2008. OpenStreetMap is a…
Jan 2nd